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Directorist WordPress Plugin EUVDEUVD-2026-85026

| CVE-2026-77766 MEDIUM
Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key (CWE-639)
2026-09-23 contact@wpscan.com GHSA-rc7w-56jp-5gfx
4.3
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: wpscan
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Register subscriber-level account
  2. Delivery
    Authenticate to WordPress REST API
  3. Exploit
    Call unscoped order/payment collection endpoint
  4. Execution
    Retrieve all customers' order and payment records
  5. Impact
    Harvest PII for fraud or resale

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Object-level authorization, IDOR prevention
Exploitation Conditions

Requires an authenticated subscriber-level WordPress account on a site running Directorist 8.9.1 through 8.9.4 (the unscoped REST collection endpoint was reintroduced in 8.9.1); sites on 8.8.1-8.9 are NOT vulnerable because the endpoint was correctly scoped there. Exploitation is limited by the need for account access - realistic on sites that allow open/self-registration, which is common for directory/classified plugins, but blocked where registration is closed. No user interaction or admin privileges are needed; the attacker simply invokes the customer order/payment REST collection endpoint that fails to filter results to the requesting user.

Impact

This is a genuine but moderate-severity broken-object-level-authorization flaw (CWE-639, IDOR). The provided CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N = 4.3) is internally consistent with the description: a network-reachable REST endpoint, low attacker complexity, and a low privilege requirement (any subscriber-level account, which many Directorist sites permit via open registration). No EPSS score, KEV entry, or public POC was supplied, so there is no signal of active exploitation or automation - this reads as a real but not urgent priority rather than a high-CVSS-but-low-real-risk item or an emergency. The one contestable metric is confidentiality: the vendor rated C:L, but the flaw exposes EVERY customer's order and payment records in bulk (PII, contact and transaction data), which arguably warrants C:H - I diverge on this point below. The most notable nuance is versioning: the description states 8.8.1-8.9 are NOT affected (endpoint was correctly scoped in 8.8.1) and the bug was REINTRODUCED in 8.9.1 - a regression, which conflicts with the EUVD affected-range of '8.5 <8.9.5'. Defenders on 8.9.1-8.9.4 are exposed; those on 8.8.1-8.9 are not. Verify exact affected build against the WPScan advisory before triaging.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker registers a free subscriber-level account on a Directorist-powered site (self-registration is commonly enabled) and authenticates. They then call the unscoped REST collection endpoint, which fails to filter results to the requesting user, returning every customer's order and payment records. No public exploit code was identified at time of analysis, but the attack requires only a routine authenticated REST request and low complexity.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
Patch available 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Sep 23, 2026

Subscriber-level WordPress users can read every customer's order and payment records on sites running the Directorist business-directory plugin 8.9.1 through 8.9.4, because one of its REST collection endpoints is not scoped to the requesting user. The flaw is an authenticated insecure-direct-object-reference / broken-object-level-authorization issue (CWE-639) that is remotely reachable and needs no user interaction - exploitation requires a low-privilege account, which is realistic on directory and classifieds sites that allow open or self-service registration, but is blocked where registration is closed. The vendor has released a patch in 8.9.5; no public exploit identified at time of analysis, and there is no CISA KEV listing or other confirmation of active exploitation.

RemediationAI

Vendor-released patch: 8.9.5 - upgrade the Directorist plugin from any 8.9.1-8.9.4 installation to 8.9.5 or later, using the WordPress plugin updater or a managed deployment, and confirm the installed version string afterwards; advisory details are available at https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1b8acd9b-8309-4453-a7f7-61a463fe9ae1/. If immediate upgrade is not possible, the most effective compensating control is to remove the authenticated-subscriber attack surface: disable open/self-service user registration on the site (Settings > General, plus any membership plugin), which prevents unknown parties from obtaining the subscriber account required for exploitation at the cost of blocking legitimate customer self-signup for the directory; pair this with an audit of existing subscriber accounts and removal of those that are not genuinely needed. Where registration must stay open, block access to the plugin's customer order/payment REST collection endpoint for subscriber-role users via a WAF rule or a small must-use plugin that re-registers or short-circuits the route, accepting that this may break legitimate front-end order/payment views for logged-in customers. Because this is a regression, also check whether the same route is exposed under other namespace or version prefixes on the site, review web and application logs for subscriber-role requests to that endpoint to determine whether customer order and payment data was already harvested, and rotate or notify on any payment identifiers exposed as appropriate to your data-protection obligations. Generic hardening - least-privilege role review and keeping other plugins current - reduces but does not remove the exposure, and no patch version other than 8.9.5 (or later) should be treated as fixed for this issue.

Affected VersionsENISA

Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads 8.5 <8.9.5

Affected Packages

euvd directorist_ai_powered_business_directory_listings_classified_ads fix: 8.9.5

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

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Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The affected component is a REST collection endpoint in the Directorist WordPress plugin that returns customer order and payment records. Under WordPress REST conventions such a route is registered with register_rest_route() and protected by a permission_callback as well as a query filter that constrains results to the current user; here the endpoint retained only a coarse capability check (any logged-in subscriber passes) while omitting the per-object/per-user ownership constraint, which is the classic CWE-639 authorization-bypass-through-user-controlled-key pattern (also described as IDOR or BOLA). The result is that an authenticated low-privilege account can enumerate the collection and receive records belonging to other customers. The history matters for scoping: the endpoint was correctly scoped in 8.8.1, the scoping was lost with a regression introduced in 8.9.1, and it was restored in 8.9.5, so versions 8.8.1 through 8.9 are not vulnerable and versions before 8.8.1 were not vulnerable in this particular way. Note that NVD's published CVSS 3.1 score of 4.3 rates confidentiality impact as Low (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N), whereas the independent assessment raises confidentiality to High (C:H) on the basis that the exposure covers the entire population of customer order and payment records rather than a single record; integrity and availability impacts remain None in both readings, and there is no scope change.

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Severity by source

Vendor (wpscan) PRIMARY 4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
vuln.today AI 6.5 MEDIUM

PR:L for a subscriber account and AV:N/AC:L for a simple REST call; I raise C to H over the vendor's C:L because it exposes every customer's payment/order PII in bulk, with no integrity or availability impact.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (wpscan).

CVSS VectorVendor: wpscan

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

4
CVSS changed
Sep 23, 2026 - 11:22 NVD
4.3 (MEDIUM)
Patch available
Sep 23, 2026 - 07:01 EUVD
CVE Published
Sep 23, 2026 - 06:17 cve.org
MEDIUM 4.3
CVE Published
Sep 23, 2026 - 06:17 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)

DescriptionCVE.org

The Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads WordPress plugin before 8.9.5 does not scope one of its REST collection endpoints to the requesting user, allowing users with a subscriber-level account to read every customer's order and payment records.

Versions 8.8.1 to 8.9 are not affected. The endpoint was scoped correctly in 8.8.1 and the unscoped behaviour was reintroduced in 8.9.1.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 92% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
popular WordPress business-directory plugin, common but not on most sites
Data Quality
5 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.2%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

22
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +22
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

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